This article discusses how the pandemic lockdown led to the growth of birdwatching. It notes that the Merlin app by the Lab of Ornithology saw a significant increase in downloads, and the lab's bird cams doubled in April and May 2020.

“There may be some small role in truly green hydrogen in a decarbonised future, but this is largely a marketing creation by the oil and gas industry that has been hugely overhyped,” says Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and environmental biology.

Vitaly Shmatikov, professor of computer science, advises on password security.

Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, associate professor of information science, discusses an AI tool created to alert a user when conversations through text messages become tense.

“Managers are under so much pressure to deliver earnings that they’re using a lot more accounting than they have in the past to make their earnings look good,” says Sanjeev Bhojraj, professor of asset management and accounting. “If my dollar of earnings has no cash or negative cash, that’s poor quality because all the earnings that I have are just accounting.” 

Jurors in the Murdaugh trial visited the crime scene, a rare occurrence. “It’s a gamble,” says Valerie Hans, professor of law. “It’s another way to humanize the individual to show this is the environment they lived in. But also, he was a wealthy man, so there’s a question mark.”

“This is a neat approach to queen banking,” says Scott McArt, assistant professor of entomology. “Poor queens are one of the biggest problems in beekeeping today, so novel tactics like this could greatly help improve the country's beekeeping industry.” 

“There’s no free lunch,” Sarah Kreps, professor of government and public policy, says of the requirements the Biden administration is imposing on semiconductor companies that accept government funds.   

“The fact that the U.S. clearly has so much power to take action against a geopolitical rival is a significant concern,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy “There’s clearly been a splintering of the G20.” 

Michael Dorf, professor of law, says that while he expects the Supreme Court Justices to evaluate standing, these types of considerations rarely delay proceedings if the majority wants to decide the legal merits. 

Visiting Assistant Professor Judith Hubbard says, “Every day that passes reduces the likelihood of another triggered event. However, that [risk] does not decay to zero — instead, it decays to the background rate. So while the hazard will be less elevated as time passes, it will never be nonzero — and in fact, in many areas, it will remain quite high.” 

“They have some more bargaining power, the labor market is strong, they feel they can use the strike weapon to get gains they think they deserve,” says Alex Colvin, dean of the ILR School.